Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

54 reviews

dev921's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

miamoo1004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed the book the ending had me shocked. I also enjoyed Grenouille’s character and how he was perceived and that we got to see his thoughts and dreams it added a lot more depth to his character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

almirareads's review against another edition

This book is fucking weird bro…Suskind went entirely too in depth about a young teen girl’s breasts and I can’t get behind that. The correlation between men like this writing about virgins and having pedophilic tendencies, even if they’re just in the book. It’s disgusting to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, and Murder

nataliamarchewka's review against another edition

Started it for my lectures. Did not finish because it was just to wierd.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore

amelody's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, and Stalking

bitchigo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

goldenlake's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Classism

linnea1801's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

If I didn’t have to read this for school I would have dropped it a few chapters in. The main character was so despicable that it hurt every time he got away with something.

It was also extremely infuriating that all the victims were CHILDREN and they were still very sexualised

However, the way that scent was described was very intriguing. In my opinion it was overdone in the middle section, but especially in the beginning it was interesting. All in all I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone but it definitely wasn’t the worst book I was forced to read for school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

flen_the_sloth_reader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Gore

qiankim's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The plot is very interesting. The story revolves around the character including his goal and development of his perfume knowledge. I love how unique the character's mind is. We never actually know what's going on in his head and what his aims are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Rape, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment